Committees

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Committees are established by and responsible to the Board of Directors. The activities of each Committee are directed by an individual mission statement. Committee members are appointed by the Board of Directors.

Committee members are not authorized to speak with stakeholders or distribute information about TLVs, BEIs, and other ACGIH guidelines that are under development. Committee members are not authorized to speak as representatives of ACGIH about ACGIH and/or the TLVs, BEIs, and other ACGIH guidelines at scientific meetings, symposia, etc. without consent from ACGIH. (Click here to view the ACGIH Public Affairs and Communications Policy and the ACGIH Information Release Policy.)

We welcome your interest in participating on one of our scientific committees! If you’re ready to join ACGIH in its mission to safeguard worker health, complete a membership application and send it along with your current resume and/or curriculum vitae to science@acgih.org.

Biological Exposure Indices Committee Application

Industrial Ventilation Committee Application

Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances Committee Application

Threshold Limit Values for Physical Agents Committee Application

ACGIH-AIHA-JOEH Interaction Committee

This Committee strengthens the profession by strengthening the relationship between the two groups (ACGIH and AIHA); seeks out areas where collaboration would be cost-effective; selects projects which would compliment both organizations; and recognizes the equal, but different, core missions of the two organizations.

Current members of ACGIH-AIHA-JOEH Interaction Committee:

Position	Name
Member AIHA President	Nicole Greeson MS, CIH
Member JOEH President	Edward T Zellers, PhD
Member ACGIH Third-Year Representative	Jack Caravanos, PhD
Member ACGIH Board Chair	Stephanie Lynch, PhD
Member AIHA President-Elect	Bradley King, PhD, MPH, CIH
Member AIHA Past President	Dina Siegel, CIH, CSP, CBSP, FAIHA
Member ACGIH Treasurer	Torey Nalbone, PhD
Ex Officio ACGIH Executive Director	Phillip Rauscher, MPH, CIH, CSP
Ex Officio AIHA Chief Executive Officer	Lawrence D. Sloan, CAE

Audit & Finance Committee

To assist the Board of Directors in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities as they relate to the financial reporting process, internal controls, and the annual audit. The Committee will maintain an effective working relationship with the Board of Directors, ACGIH® management, and the organization’s independent external auditors. The Committee shall prepare and submit to the Board of Directors each year an annual budget. The Committee shall have supervision over investing and reinvesting ACGIH® funds. The Committee shall meet at least once annually.

Current members of Audit & Finance Committee:

Position	Name
Chair	COL(Ret.) Mary S. Lopez, PhD, CPE
Member	Jack Caravanos, DrPH, CIH
Member	Lilia Chen, CIH, MS
Member	Stephanie Lynch PhD, CSP, COHC
Executive Director	Phillip Rauscher, MPH, CIH, CSP

Awards Committee

To select an individual(s), a group(s), or both to be given an award for outstanding contributions to occupational and environmental hygiene. Current members are:

Position	Name
Chair	Lilia Chen, CIH, MS
Member	Thomas J. Lentz, PhD
Member	Ted Zellers, PhD
Member	John McKernan, ScD, CIH
Member	Andrew Keebaugh, PhD
Staff Liaison	Phillip Rauscher, MPH, CIH, CSP

Biological Exposure Indices Committee

To develop occupational biological exposure guidelines that are scientifically valid and supported by professional judgment, up-to-date, well-documented, understandable and clear, and produced by a clearly-defined process that is balanced and free of conflict of interest. Current members are:

Position	Name
Chair	Nancy B. Hopf, PhD
Vice Chair	Lee M. Blum, PhD, F-ABFT
Member	Michael Bader, Dr. rer. nat.
Member	Jean Grassman, PhD, MS, CPH
Member	Kate Jones, MS
Member	Heiko U. Käfferlein, PhD
Member	Leena A. Nylander-French, PhD, CIH
Board Liaison	Jonathan Hale, MPA
Staff Liaison	Erica Rosalle

Industrial Ventilation Committee

To provide a safe and healthful environment by integrating state-of-the-art information from government and industry sources, using them to develop and recommend ventilation and other engineering controls to capture, collect, filter, and remove airborne contaminants from the workplace.

Current members of Industrial Ventilation Committee:

Position	Name
Chair	Robert Shearer
Vice Chair	James S. Bennett, PhD
Member	J. Kirt Boston
Member	Sergio A. Caporali Filho, PhD, CSP, CIH
Member	Matt Diestler, EIT
Member	George R. Gruetzmacher, PhD, PE, CIH
Member	Christopher P. Manning, PhD
Member	Dale Price
Member	Monona Rossol, MS, MFA
Member	Rafael Sartim, PhD
Member	Paul M. Sullivan, MSPH, CIH, CSP
Member	Jennifer L. Topmiller, MS
Member	Steven Verpaele
Board Liaison	Michael Grant, ScD, CIH
Staff Liaison	Erica Rosalle

Nominating Committee

Select a list of nominees for Board Directors and Nominating Committee for the annual election.

Current members of Nominating Committee:

Thomas Peters, PhD, CIH
Edward (Ted) Zellers, PhD
Pam Susi, MSPH, CIH
Cynthia Cooper, CIH
Beth Angus, MPH, CIH
Seth Ebersviller, PhD, CIH

Staff Liaison: Phillip Rauscher, MPH, CIH, CSP

Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances Committee

To recommend airborne concentrations of agents and exposure conditions for use in the practice of industrial hygiene and by other qualified professionals to protect worker health.

Current members of Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances Committee:

Position	Name
Chair	Rachel Rubin, MD, MPH
Vice Chair	Michael DeLorme, PhD
PIC Chair	Alison Elder, PhD
PIC Vice Chair	Hugh William Davies, PhD, CIH
HOC Chair	Jeremy R. Beach, MD
HOC Vice Chair	Deborah Glass, PhD, MA, MSc
MISCO Chair	Gerald L. Kennedy, Jr.
MISCO Vice Chair	Dennis M. Casserly, PhD, CIH
Chemical Selection Chair	Edward V. Sargent, PhD, MPH, DABT
BEI Liaison	Mark Korchinski, MSc, DABT, ERT
Member	Marcy I. Banton, DVM, PhD, DABVT
Member	William S. Beckett, MD, MPH
Member	Laura Deakin, PhD, MPH
Member	Ian A. Greaves, MD
Member	Michael T. Kleinman, PhD
Member	John Murphy, PhD, MHSc, MBA, ROH, CIH, MACE
Member	Bruce D. Naumann, PhD, DABT (1984-2024)
Member	Lawrence Segal, PhD, ERT
Member	Candace Su-Jung Tsai, ScD, CIH
Board Liaison	Catherine A. Hovde, MS, CIH, CSP
Staff Liaison	Skye Bickett, DHSc, MLIS

Threshold Limit Values for Physical Agents Committee

To develop occupational exposure guidelines for physical agents, including those of an acoustic, electromagnetic, radiological, ergonomic, mechanical, and thermal nature.

Current members of Threshold Limit Values for Physical Agents Committee:

Position	Name
Chair	Laurel Kincl, PhD, CSP
Vice Chair	Stephanie C. Griffin, PhD, CIH
Member	Karl Friedl, PhD
Member	Kenneth R. Foster, PhD, PE
Member	Richard L. Neitzel, PhD, CIH, FAIHA
Member	David M. Rempel, MD, MPH, CPE
Member	David H. Sliney, PhD
Member	Suzanne D. Smith, PhD
Member	June T. Spector, MD, MPH
Board Liaison	Jack Caravanos, DrPH, CIH
Staff Liaison	Erica Rosalle

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